Prefabricated building units for constructing building, and buildings whose fabric comprises assembled units of this kind
OwnerJacques Wybauwinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides prefabricated building units for constructing buildings. Each unit consists of a structure having the shape of a right prism comprising a lower frame, an upper frame and uprights having a V-shaped section. In general a building unit also comprises an upper wall and a lower wall connected to the top portion of the upper frame and lower frame respectively. Each of these walls forms with the frame which supports it an empty box open at the bottom. The joining by bolting together superposed and/or juxtaposed building units constitutes the fabric of a building.
Claims18
A building unit for constructing buildings comprising a metallic structure having the shape of a right prism, said structure comprising:
- a lower frame formed of wide flat bars disposed along the side faces of the prism in such a manner that the bottom edge of such frame forms the sides of the bottom base of the prism;
- an upper frame formed of wide flat bars disposed along the side faces of the prism in such a manner that the top edge of such upper frame forms the sides of the top base of the prism;
- uprights having a V-shaped section joining together said frames, each upright being disposed in such a manner that its edge forms a vertical edge of the prism and that its flanges, formed of wide flat bars, are disposed along the side faces of the prism;
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- a metal sheet attached to each of said frames and forming, respectively, a self-supporting lower horizontal wall at a predetermined level across said lower frame and a self-supporting upper horizontal wall at a predetermined level across said upper frame, whereby said frames and respective walls together form empty boxes open at the bottom.
A building composed of a plurality of superposed and juxtaposed building units bolted together, each such unit comprising a metallic structure having the shape of a right prism, said structure further comprising:
- a lower frame formed of wide, flat bars disposed along the side faces of the prism in such a manner that the bottom edge of such frame forms the sides of the bottom base of the prism;
- an upper frame formed of wide, flat bars disposed along the side faces of the prism in such a manner that top edge of such upper frame forms the sides of the top base of the prism;
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- uprights having a V-shaped section joining together said frames, each upright being disposed in such a manner that its edge forms a vertical edge of the prism and that its flanges, formed of wide, flat bars, are disposed along the side faces of the prism, said units being adapted to be fastened to each other along at least one pair of adjacent surfaces of the prism;
- a bottom horizontal wall attached to its lower frame comprising a metal sheet connected thereto at a predetermined level with respect to the top edge thereof;
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- a top horizontal wall attached to its upper frame at a predetermined level with respect to the top edge thereof, said horizontal walls being self-supporting, whereby each forms, together with its frame, an empty box open at the bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.